# Help me name our new kitten--er, kittens **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682 "2003-10-10T15:14:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/21 "2003-10-11T14:58:08Z")
We need new pictures! I wanted to have an estrogen high over your new babies, too. Barring that, another vote for George and Gracie, sight unseen, of course. ---
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/22 "2003-10-11T15:34:48Z")
For those who missed the pictures, as I remember the little girl is an adorable calico, three months old and said to be shy. The boy is two months old, a gray striped tabby, and currently has that long “I’m going through a growth spurt” look. I realized that I didn’t post my own kitties’ names - geeks that we are, we have a light orange classic tabby boy named Cobalt and a brown striped tabby girl named Rhodium. (Get it? Cobalt for the boy and Rhodium for the girl? No one else does either, until we explain). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/23 "2003-10-11T16:46:15Z")
Optimus Prime and Megatron. Oh, wait. One is a girl? Ok. Megatronne. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/24 "2003-10-11T17:40:07Z")
I think the stripey one looks like a Linus. Can’t decide about the calico. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/25 "2003-10-12T13:22:09Z")
Kang (boy) and Kodos (girl). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/26 "2003-10-12T13:39:15Z")
Taz (short for Tasmanian Devil) for the boy; maybe “Mon Cherie” [the terrified cat pursued by the skunk Pepe Le Pew] for the shy girl? ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/27 "2003-10-12T20:46:14Z")
I always wanted to have a cat named Steve. what? ---
**Author:** ![FreeRange\_Maniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@FreeRange\_Maniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreeRange_Maniac)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/28 "2003-10-12T22:56:28Z")
Spaz for the boy and Kameer for the girl. Just cause I always wanted to yell C’mere, Kameer! ---
**Author:** ![Shepherdless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85f322/32.png) [@Shepherdless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shepherdless)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/29 "2003-10-12T23:31:14Z")
Well, since your original cat is named Ace, why not continue the tradition with “Deuce” and “Tripsy” (Trips being a slang poker term for a triple)? ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/30 "2003-10-13T00:34:31Z")
Mickey & Minnie Sylvester & Tweetie Boots & Toots Tigger & Pooh Enjoy your new kitties!! ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/31 "2003-10-13T02:12:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Shepherdless \* > \*\*Well, since your original cat is named Ace, why not continue the tradition with “Deuce” and “Tripsy” (Trips being a slang poker term for a triple)? \*\* ooOOoo… I’m almost never a fan of “theme” names, but those are cool 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/32 "2003-10-13T07:44:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by \*\*Slainte \*\*\* > I whole-heartedly agree. One of these days, it’s going to work. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/33 "2003-10-13T10:24:10Z")
I like the classics. Pythagoras & Euclid were my siamese boys. I had Hygia & Lilith.(who should have been medusa) But now I’m married and have other responsibilities… Now we hace Maxx and Cassy (who started as Cassiopeia, but she isn’t smart, and it confused her) and we now have 'Lil. Cassy escaped _once_ prior to her rite of queenhood (spaying) and gave us 6 (count 'um, 6 kittens) we gave them all away but the smallest one came back. At first we just called her “the little kitten” so we wouldn’t get too attatched. that was 2 years ago… now she’s just’Lil ---
**Author:** ![GuyMontag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ad7895/32.png) [@GuyMontag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuyMontag)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/34 "2003-10-13T10:45:25Z")
One can be “This Kitty”, and the other can be “That Kitty” ---
**Author:** ![Slainte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Slainte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slainte)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/35 "2003-10-13T20:46:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > \*\*One of these days, it’s going to work. \*\* Yeah, it’s bound to (eventually). 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/36 "2003-10-13T21:38:46Z")
Fish and Pizza (from a Denis Leary routine) Spot and Stripe Thundercat and She-Beast ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/37 "2003-10-13T21:40:51Z")
Chuck and Linus. ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/38 "2003-10-13T22:01:00Z")
**Johnny Bravo** you don’t happen to live in Austin do you? I ask because my friend named his kitty that…Megs for short. ---
**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/39 "2003-10-14T23:14:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning:\*One of these days it’s going to work. Maybe so, guys, but today’s not the day. Sorry. Okay, the little guy decided he wanted to be named **Skittles**. But we still need a name for the little girl. I’d like to get a picture up, but I can’t right now, so I’ll describe her a bit more thoroughly. She’s about three months old and has a white body with calico patches. She’s medium to long-haired and has a very cute face. She’s very shy and will not come to us yet (and will even hiss–though that is decreasing–but does not bite), but if we pick her up and hold her she snuggles in and starts purring. (She was born outside, so I figure she’s making pretty good progress.) Anyway, a lot of these suggestions are great; let’s keep 'em coming. Side note: Ace is not hissing at Skittles today! They even ate close together. Yay!!! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-our-new-kitten-er-kittens/206682/40 "2003-10-15T00:41:51Z")
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